The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 18, 1908, Page 1

last Edition vol. 10. NO, 99. = y 2 Yesterday THE SEATTLE STAR e Roosevelt Wave of Was Safely ' Passed --- Burton Gets an 18 Ovation When He Rises to : |ON. ‘T TAFT OVATION, EUM, CHICAGO, June 18 Con A in from for over three min- first word ne foremost candidate. Burton had his speech nominating crowd broke loose into @ of cheering that lasted minutes. Everyone joined finally the Ohio march down the aisie that a march around the F hy Onio delega bearing "es picture on @ The cog was joined by dele 33 states, representing [ER CANNON’S NAME. UM, CHICAGO, June 18. ‘When Rep. Boutelle, in Cannon, referred to J was tremendous ap which was increased when J of Roosevelt was spoken. it Roosevelt demonstration, how: , died down after one minute. me mention of Cannon's name cre excitement in the galleries and fet loose the wildest cheering heard today. The Iilinois leaped to its feet and, on the chairs, shouted: doe! Uncie Joe!” demonstration lasted one and a half ‘KS DEMONSTRATION, UM, CHICAGO, June 18. in—Gov. Frank Manley, B hominating Fairbanks, became ore at repeated interruptio ae the crowd. At length, he ned to the galleries and, shaking Me fist, exclaimed friends, it will depend on trowd then yelled the louder b the storm of applause drowned Mound of the gavel. Every al- to was gf aaa and atcalle. When Fairbanks to a pw shaft, the crowd went into s of mirth. ‘aft delegates, who had pre by te lemonstration for were loud in their pee Beveridge and Indiana, overcome b: Geplay against Fairbanks, t On their chairs and shouted him! Name him!” Lodge restored order said: him when | get interruptions continued fre (By United Pr ) SThe mercury was about 40 de in the hall today and big dog distributed bearing a pic ry ‘Bak on exe side and on , CHICAGO, JUNE M HOWARD TAFT WAS NOMINATED FOR HEPRESIDENCY ON THE FIRST BALLOT THIS) OON BY THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CON- UM, CHICAGO, June 18.) Nominate Taft-—-The Allies Present Their Hopeless Candidates, Fairbanks, Can- , Knox and Hughes. | 18—BULLETIN— {the other the Inscription “Tried and found true.” | Probably 90 per cent of the dele gates were in their seats when the convention opened at 10:17 this) morntng. ‘The Rev. John Wesley Hill, of |New York. offered the prayer | Senator Hopkins, of Hitnots, read | | read. | with the nominations | Congressman Heory 8. Bouteil,| j Who presented the name of Speaker Joheph G. Cannon, was frst to nominate a native son. Governor J. Frank Hanley. Indiana, then nonclnated that »' favorite son, Vice President Fair | Congreseman Theodore EB. Bur-| }tom, of Cleveland, Ohio, placed the |name of Secretary Taft before the convention. His speech was fre- quently tmterrupted by applause. ‘ Burton Norsinates Taft. | Senator Burton said tn part: | “This convent grave responsibility presidential candidate with | CONGRESSMAN T. E. BURTON. | Who Nominated Taft. |werene assurance that the repub liican party will continue to rule this people. What assembled mul. | titude in any land has ever pointed the way to such beneficent results \for home and for the progress of the whole human race as the re leurring conventions of this grand old organization? Yet we do not rely alone upon the record of that lwhich It has accomplished. We lemphasize, ¢ more, its #0 preme qualification to solve the | problems of the present | Appropriate Occasion. | “It is empectally appropriate that this gathering should be heid in this marvelous city of Chicago, whence the steel bands of com | merce reach out in every direction, over plain and river and mountain to almost boundless distance, bring ling the richest treasures of a con tinent to lay them at your feet Here it was that the righteous up rising against slavery and ar ‘8 he proceeded with his) honism, sprung from the nation’s| portion of her territory conscience, raised ite first triumph lant vole when Abraham Lincoln was nominated. And here, again with notes of thunderous acclaim, lenraptared throngs greeted the |naming of Garfield, of Biaine, of Harrison, and of Roosevelt. | “Again Oblo presents a candidate —o | mands should be wisely and impar-| tin view the ennobling vision of a | the duties of that SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JUNE TIS TAFT! GHOSEN ON THE FIRST BALLOT TO to the patio don la nal republican conven stubbornly neven. a toxted presidential campaigns, sons of hes sacred sol! have led the om bat republican bosts to vietory The Huckeye state has assuredly contributed her share of statesmen and generais for the upbuilding of the nation. We welcome the friendly rivalry of candidates from other states from the great Empire state, the Keystone state, Indiana, lilinols and Wisconsin, forming with Ohio | | CONGR MAN H. &. BOUTELL. Whe Placed Cannon's Name Before the Convention. & broad expanse extending in un broken sweep from old ocean to! the uppermost bound of the great eat of inland seas, Each of these yi the platform, as «adopted by (he) presents a icader atm leaders resound committee and it was adopted a8 whose achievements ana renown | 7 ome ol oo oe oS are not confined to the narrow tins | } porta, its of & single commonwealth. proceeded Te! day with fervid earnestness we! wage & contest for the prise. To morrow, united for the fray and quickened by a common fiery seal.) the champtons of all the candidates | will go forth with mounting enthe stasm to vanquish the foe. The Man Roosevelt. “Against all these aboses and in the work for restoring old ideals; of honesty and equality, as well as| for higher standards of civic duty,/ one man has stood preeminent, and | that map is Theodore Roosevelt. | Against corruption in every form | he has set bis face with grim de-| termination, prompt and fearless in action and with that intelligent | leadership which has assured the! establishment of a better era in| which the strong and the weak altke must submit themselves to/ the impartial execution of the law. | “Who #0 fit to take up the tasks) which this wondrous eration de | tally performed as his great war secreta: Since the day when, in Benjamin Harrison's tion, these two first met—the one as solicitor general, the other ax a} member of the civil service com mission—they have been bound to gether by like ideals and alms, by | close ties of friendship, and by the exchange of mutual counsel, each with bis own Individuality and characteristics keeping constantly better and greater America. Why Taft ts Logical Man. “No one bi ever yet assumed the presidential chair who had re-| ceived a more ideal preparation for great office, An judge in state and federal courts, | as solicitor general governor of| Philippines, as secretary of war,| which has included the work of} colonial secretary and director of | national public works, he has re ceived hin training and has always shown himself master of the situa-| | tion and competent to make more honorable and beloved the Ameri can name. There have been no/ | years of inaction in his career. He has been continuously engag in weighty tasks and each successive service has been characterized by an increasing influence upon most vital questions. Gives Name to Convention, retary Taft has exceptional lfamilarity with ednditions in the} distant Orient—in Japan, in China We may rest assured that our tra-| | ditional friendship with Japan will| conti Moreover, the future | pro « that the slumbering mil-| lions of China will awake from the} liethargy of ages, and «! then will realize that the morning dawn of fresher life and wider outlook] leomes to her across the broad Pa cific from free America, her truest friend and helper. We covet no We desire from her, as from all nations, |ereased good will and that mutu respect which knows neither bias ter nor cringing on either side. Thus in this new era of larger re lations, Secretary Taft, with his comprehension of national and in ternational subjects, would furnish 18, 1908. ®WRICE ONE CENT WITH EMPHASIS! Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac Wifere arsociation, and a delegation of Northwest lumbermen attending {he national convention of lumbe feanufacturers in Minneapolin this} week, have secured the 1909 con Vention for Seattle ace and sustained r him, at home and everywhere, thie mighty people would have an assured confidence in the Jevelopment and prt «of the cour and Would reet in the relia that a chief tive wae at the helm who, t@ ce or it war, would gw the. ‘ of the nation with a] hand and with a cae VICTORIA HAS beart The steamer Victoria will be the! | frat boat to arrive In Beattie fro }Paime this season, having left th |worthers port this morning | The Victoria arrived at Nome last | & certainty of prestige, Un Kres wat destinies strong patriotic y, in the presence of » ten thousand, and with the thepiring thought ef the well high ten thousand times ten thow sand who dwell within our borders, | I nominate for the presidency that! American manhood views repr of the noblest ideals in 1 tite, Witllam H. Taft Gov. Charles E of Ohie Hughes, of New 4 by Gen. Stew | Monday night, after being out 16 art L. Woodford, of New York Gpye, battling the ico and endeavor Senator Philander C. Knox, of 1A& to force her passage through Pennsylvania, was nominated by | Nome. Coilision with a large Lieut. Gov, Robert §. Murphy, of |iee foe made a in her hold} | byt after diecharkin, r Carge rennaylvania Senator J. Bi. Foraker was nom-|merning the damage was found to ©. B MeCoy, of Obio, [ae slight, Repairs were made this LaFoliette was nomins) morning ated by Cocheme, of Wiseotsin. The Victoria will bring many} CONVENTION FOR SEATTLE, REPUBLICAN PLATFORM | ______ "ut nowana tart | SECOND BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL the Minority Report Was Defeated Was Formatly Accepted---New In- junction Plank Injected. Victor Heckman, secretary of the [the creeks adjacent to Ne Read Before the Delegates and After NO. 5—VICTORY UM, CHICAGO, June 18—The platform as prepared by injunction plank as injected is not to the liking of the labor ———-—— yy United Press.) COLLISEUM, CHICAGO, Jume 18-——The resolutions committer today reported the platform to the Gonvention coon after it com vened. The platform as submitted follows: “Once more the republican party, In convention assembied, sub mits ite cause to the people. “This great historle jnatien, that destroyed slavery, pre served the Unics, comune os the establiehed # sound financial . developed our industries resources, and gave the American nation @ seat ef honor in the coun cls of the world, now meets the new problems of government with the same courage and capacity with which it solved the old. “in thie the greatest era of American advancement, the re publican party hae reached ite highest service under the leadership of President Roosevelt. GREAT PROGRESS OF NATION. “in no other period since national sovereignty was won under Washincton, or preserved under Lincoin, has such mighty progress been made, by the American nation. “The highest sepirations of the American people have found volee in the repubiican party. Gonacience and courage in public station have reached higher standéeds, and the right and wrong of private life have become the cardinal principles of its politic faith, “Capital and labor have been into closer relations, the abuse of wealth and ail the evils of privilege favoritiem have been put to scorn by virtue of justice and fair p “The great of President Roosevelt have been, firet and foremost, hie brave and impartial enforcement of the laws, his prosecution of illegal truete and monopolies, the exposure and punishment of evildoers in publio service, more effect regulation of the rates and service of the transportation lines, the com plete overthrow of preferences, the arbitration of labor disputes, the am jon of the condition of the workers of the country, con servation of our national resoufceé and « forward step in the im provement of our inland water ways, ENDORGE ROOSEVELT'S POLICIES. “We dectare our unfaltering adherence to the polic thus in augurated and pledge our party to their continuance under a repub- lican administration of government. “Under the guidance of republican principles, the American people have become the richest nation in the world. The ited States now owne one-fourth of the world’s wealth. it makes! one. third of the modern manufactured products, yet the great natural | wealth of the country has been scarcely touched. WIRELESS MESSAG E FROM SKYGACK, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. appearances of hill and surroundings noticeably altered—-House greatly damaged; also wearing apparel of resident tribe—Monster pet siain, but spirit still lives. P, &.—With consent of home office, will take short vacation. SKYGACK. “With gratitude for God's , with pride in the splendid productiveness of the paet and o nce that there will be plenty and prosperity in the future, the republican party declares for the principle thi in the development and enjoyment of wealth eo great and blessings so benign, there shall be equal opportunity for al! “Nothing 80 clearly demonstrates the sound basis upon which our commercial, industrial and agricultural interests are founded, and the necessity of promoting thelr continued welfare through the operation of ublican policies aa the recent safe pa je of the na tion through a financial disturbances, which, Wit hi appeared in the midet of a democratic rule, might have equaled familiar demo cratic panics of the PROSPERITY 16 RESTORED. “We congratulate the people upon the renewed evidence of Amer jean supremacy and hall with confidence the manifest signs of a complete restoration of business and prosperity in all lines of trade, commerce and manufacturing. “Notwithstanding the indefensive filibustering of the demo. cratic minority in the house of representatives, during the last ses asion of congress, many wholesome and progressive laws were en. acted. “We especially commend the passage of the emergency currency bill; t ppointment of a national monetary commission; the em. ployer’s government liability law; the looking to a greater efficiency of the American army and navy; widow's pension bill; child labor law for the District of Columbia; the new statutes providing for the safety of railroad engineers and firemen, and many other acts, concerning the public welfare, “The republican party declares unequivocally for the revision of tariff by special session of tong immediately following the inauguration of the president, and commends the steps already taken toward this end. “We favor the establishment of maximum and minimum rates, to be administered by the president under the limitations of a fixed law, the maximum rates to be avaliable to meet discriminations by foreign countries against American goods entering their markets, the minimum rates to represent the normal measure of protection for home industries. “The aim and purpose of the republican party will be not only to preserve without excessive du that curity against foreign competition to which American manufactu farmers and pro- ducers are entitled, but also to maintain a high standard of living for the wage earner here and in the Philippines. To that end we be lieve in the free interchange of products with such limitations as to sugar and tobacco as will afford adequate protection to domestic interes “We approve the emergency measures adopted by congr during the recent financial disturbance, and especially commend the passage of the law designed to protect the country from a repe tition of money stringency. The republican party is committed to the development of a permanent currency system, responding to our greater needs. The appointment of a national monetary com mission by the present congress after impartially investigating al! proposed methods, insures the early realization of this purpose. “The present currency laws have fully justified their adoption, but the expanding of commerce, the marvelous growth of wealth and population, the multiplication of centers of distribution, the Increasing demand for the movement of crops in the west and south, entailing periodical changes in monetary conditions, dis. closes a need of a more elastic and adaptable system of currency. Such a system must be automatic in its operation, minimizing fluct- uations in interests and rates, and above all, must be in harmony with the republican doctrine, which insists that every dollar must be based upon value as good as gold. FAVOR POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. “We favor the establishment of Postal Savings banks as a system for the convenience of the people and the encouragement f thrift ¥ “The republican party passed the Sherman anti-trust law over democratic opposition and enforced it after democratic dereliction. en a wholesome instrument for good in the hands of a administration. But experience has shown that Ite effectiveness can be strengthened and its real objects better (Continued on pag SAVES GIRL iC. W. Johnson Rescues Miss Ada Nye Who Fell From Wharf. The excursion of the Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyte- riaw’ church of Ballard last night would have had a tragic ending had it not been for the prompt action of C, W. Johnson, who was in the party | As the crowd was debarking from the launch May B., on their return |to Ballard, one of the young ladies, Miss Ada Nye, did not notice that the landing Was made on & narrow Jledge, and walked off the wharf into the water. Johnson quickly jumped into the water, and willing hands helped the two out. The landing is made on a | narrow ledge in back of Fred An- | derson'’s boathouse, and, as there {s ling provided, passengers are ager of walking into the water on dark niehts